Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 00:00:36 GMT From: Florent Thoumie <flz@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-rc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: conf/104884: Add support EtherChannel configuration to rc.conf Message-ID: <200702090000.l1900aF2023392@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR conf/104884; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Florent Thoumie <flz@FreeBSD.org> To: Brooks Davis <brooks@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>, Norikatsu Shigemura <nork@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org, FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-rc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: conf/104884: Add support EtherChannel configuration to rc.conf Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2007 23:48:04 +0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig44FBBDEA77F2D581571B4587 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Brooks Davis wrote: > On Thu, Feb 08, 2007 at 11:30:41PM +0000, Florent Thoumie wrote: >> Brooks Davis wrote: >>> On Thu, Feb 08, 2007 at 01:55:16PM -0800, Doug Barton wrote: >>>> Brooks Davis wrote: >>>> >>>>> The default should be an empty list which results in nothing happen= ing. >>>>> I'd suggest making empty list the value for the default gif_interfa= ces >>>>> in /etc/defaults/rc.conf in both branches, removing support for NO = in >>>>> CURRENT and emitting a warning in stable. >>>> How about issuing a warning for NO in both branches? Whether I agree= >>>> with you or not on the importance of keeping things clean and >>>> consistent, I definitely do not want to err on the side of pedantry >>>> over usability. >>> That would be fine. I don't really care as long as it's deprecated. >>> >>> FWIW, only users who don't update /etc/defaults/rc.conf or who manual= ly >>> set gif_interfaces=3D"NO" would be effected so the size of the set of= >>> effected users is probalby close to epilon and even all that will hap= pen >>> is cloning an extra interface and then not configuring it so it shoul= d >>> be basicly harmless to just remove direct support for it. >> Fine with me as well. Should we make it a warning on RELENG_6 and an >> error on HEAD, or a warning on both. The former being be what I was >> planning to do, ie. remove support for "NO" in HEAD but issue a messag= e >> saying semantics have changed. The latter would mean identical code in= >> both HEAD and RELENG_6 (so "NO"-compatibility in both branches), but >> we'd need a reminder to remove this "NO"-support in HEAD once RELENG_7= >> is branched. >=20 > I'd say a warning in both. Re-reading Doug's message, he's probably thinking the same thing, but this is for gif_interfaces only, right? --=20 Florent Thoumie flz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD Committer --------------enig44FBBDEA77F2D581571B4587 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFy7a0MxEkbVFH3PQRCrFIAJ9oelmuwW66WzTncTrqPQspTLfpjQCeOq42 FihB34D9SR37ISDNpVn2aeU= =PAkV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig44FBBDEA77F2D581571B4587--
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